Video: Senators Warner & Webb SUPPORT EARMARKS

Senator Jim DeMint got Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Jim Webb (D-VA) on record as supporting the corrupt system of earmark spending. They refused to quit earmarks for even one year.

"Do you know if your U.S. Senators are part of the spending problem in Washington? Now there's a way to find out.

On Tuesday night, I forced a vote in the U.S. Senate on a simple, one-year moratorium on congressional earmarks. Watch the video. Most Americans want to ban earmarks forever so a temporary timeout on pork-barrel spending is the least the Senate could do.

Unfortunately, the Senate defeated my amendment on a 68-29 vote. What's worse, 15 Republicans joined the Democrats to keep the congressional earmark favor factory open for business as usual.

The list of how each Senator voted is below. Please take a moment to contact your Senators to thank them for supporting the ban or to encourage them to admit they have a problem.

You might expect Senators to vote for the earmark ban to avoid a backlash from their constituents, but an earmark addiction is a hard habit to break. I know because I'm a recovering earmarker myself.

Many of these Senators mean well but the culture of spending in Washington turns good men and women against their own principles. It allows them to justify their actions to the point where they're not ashamed to trade their votes for a Cornhusker Kickback or a Louisiana Purchase.

The headline from the Politico following the earmark vote reads"The Senate's proud porkers" Read the story.

It's disappointing that some use the Constitution to defend wasteful spending. Just because Congress has the power to spend taxpayer money doesn't mean it should use that power to put pet projects ahead of true national priorities.

Fortunately, a majority of Senate Republicans voted for the earmark ban, which was a first. Of the 41 Republicans in the Senate, 25 had the courage to call a one-year timeout.

Even more encouraging is that 11 Senate candidates in 8 states have now endorsed a ban on earmarks.

One of these leaders is Chuck DeVore who is the only candidate in the California Senate race to publicly endorse an earmark ban and a Balanced Budget Amendment. If you're tired of Barbara Boxer spending your money on "bridges to nowhere," support the true conservative in that race.

We didn't win the vote to ban earmarks this week but we must keep fighting. Until Congress breaks its addition to pork, we will never tackle the larger spending issues that are bankrupting our country.

Thank you for supporting the principles of freedom. Conservatives in the Senate could not fight these battles without your support and encouragement."

Jim DeMint
United States Senator
Chairman, Senate Conservatives Fund

Senate Vote On 1-Year Earmark Moratorium

Yes = Supported Earmark Ban

No = Opposed Earmark Ban

Alabama: Sessions (R), Yes --- Shelby (R), No

Alaska: Begich (D), No --- Murkowski (R), No

Arizona: Kyl (R),Yes --- McCain (R), Yes

Arkansas: Lincoln (D), No --- Pryor (D), No

California: Boxer (D), No --- Feinstein (D), No

Colorado: Bennet (D), No --- Udall (D), No

Connecticut: Dodd (D), No --- Lieberman (I), No

Delaware: Carper (D), No --- Kaufman (D), Yes

Florida: LeMieux (R), Yes --- Nelson (D), No

Georgia: Chambliss (R), Yes --- Isakson (R), Yes

Hawaii: Akaka (D), No --- Inouye (D), No

Idaho: Crapo (R), Yes --- Risch (R), Yes

Illinois: Burris (D), No --- Durbin (D), No

Indiana: Bayh (D), Yes --- Lugar (R), No

Iowa: Grassley (R), Yes --- Harkin (D), No

Kansas: Brownback (R), Yes --- Roberts (R), No

Kentucky: Bunning (R), No --- McConnell (R), Yes

Louisiana: Landrieu (D), No --- Vitter (R), Yes

Maine: Collins (R), No --- Snowe (R), No

Maryland: Cardin (D), No --- Mikulski (D), No

Massachusetts: Brown (R), Yes --- Kerry (D), No

Michigan: Levin (D), No --- Stabenow (D), No

Minnesota: Franken (D), No --- Klobuchar (D), No

Mississippi: Cochran (R), No --- Wicker (R), No

Missouri: Bond (R), No --- McCaskill (D), Yes

Montana: Baucus (D), No --- Tester (D), Didn't Vote

Nebraska: Johanns (R), Yes --- Nelson (D), No

Nevada: Ensign (R), Yes --- Reid (D), No

New Hampshire: Gregg (R), No --- Shaheen (D), No

New Jersey: Lautenberg (D), No --- Menendez (D), No

New Mexico: Bingaman (D), No --- Udall (D), No

New York: Gillibrand (D), No --- Schumer (D), No

North Carolina: Burr (R), Yes --- Hagan (D), No

North Dakota: Conrad (D), No --- Dorgan (D), No

Ohio: Brown (D), No --- Voinovich (R), No

Oklahoma: Coburn (R), Yes --- Inhofe (R), No

Oregon: Merkley (D), No --- Wyden (D), No

Pennsylvania: Casey (D), No --- Specter (D), No

Rhode Island: Reed (D), No --- Whitehouse (D), No

South Carolina: DeMint (R), Yes --- Graham (R), Yes

South Dakota: Johnson (D), No --- Thune (R), Yes

Tennessee: Alexander (R), No --- Corker (R), Yes

Texas: Cornyn (R), Yes --- Hutchison (R), No

Utah: Bennett (R), Didn't Vote --- Hatch (R), Yes

Vermont: Leahy (D), No --- Sanders (I), No

Virginia: Warner (D), No --- Webb (D), No

Washington: Cantwell (D), No --- Murray (D), No

West Virginia: Byrd (D), Didn't Vote --- Rockefeller (D), No

Wisconsin: Feingold (D), Yes --- Kohl (D), No

Wyoming: Barrasso (R), Yes --- Enzi (R), Yes

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